0 comments by Brad Gagnon on 3/25/2014
Outrage! What nerve the National Football League has to rob us of yet another super-awesome-fun-wicked football tradition! The NFL just won’t be the same without players having the freedom to dunk the ball over the goal posts following a touchdown. Wait, yes it will. I’ll admit that the NFL’s rulebook has grown obese. I’ll admit […]
0 comments by Shane Clemons
In 2013, Matt Schaub, well, imploded in a big way. Schaub became a pick-six machine with the Texans, which ultimately led to his benching. Now, with Schaub leaving for greener pastures, the obvious question becomes whether or not the Raiders can help turn Schaub’s career around. Everyone’s first instinct should be that, no, the Raiders […]
0 comments by Andrew Juge
Free agency is always a big gamble. Big contracts are doled out in hopes of landing a game changing performer, but more times than not decline in performance or injury makes the investment a disappointment when the dust settles. This offseason will be no different, of course, but there’s 10 players in particular where the […]
0 comments by Brad Gagnon on 3/24/2014
Count Mark Cuban among those who think the NFL is pushing it in the greed department by attempting to hijack at third day of the week from the nation’s television menu. Referring to the league’s new Thursday night TV deal with CBS, here’s what the Dallas Mavericks owner and business tycoon told ESPNDallas.com this weekend: […]
0 comments by Shane Clemons
Following the 2011 season, the Philadelphia Eagles decided to throw a pile of cash at DeSean Jackson in the form of a five-year, $47 million contract. That investment hasn’t come and gone without any return. Although Jackson struggled in the first year of his big deal, 2013 proved to be his finest in the NFL, […]
0 comments by Brad Gagnon on 3/20/2014
The thought of Jared Allen on the Super Bowl-champion Seattle Seahawks is about as scary as NFL nightmares get for opposing quarterbacks. After all, Allen might no longer be the player he used to be, but he’s still only 31 and is coming off a bad year in which he still recorded 11.5 sacks and But […]
0 comments by Brad Gagnon
“Upon further review” is a recurring segment in which This Given Sunday analyzes quirks and fascinating tidbits from the NFL’s history books. That, courtesy of osufan77 on Reddit, is a photograph of the Akron Centuries in 1910. You’ll notice that fewer than 20 players are pictured. That isn’t because more than half of the roster […]
0 comments by Chris Trapasso
With NFL free agency at a relative lull following an absolutely chaotic opening week, it’s time to give my loyal readers an updated mock draft. I won’t keep you waiting… (*Note: This is a “what I would do” mock draft as opposed to a “what I think will happen” mock draft.) 1. Houston Texans – […]
0 comments by Brad Gagnon
The NFL Competition Committee has released 13 rule change proposals, seven bylaw proposals and a single resolution proposal, all of which will be presented to the owners at next week’s league meeting. Pro Football Talk has the complete list right here, and we’ve got the best and worst proposals below. The best potential new rules: […]
0 comments by Andrew Juge on 3/19/2014
If you asked Panther fans what the priority of the offseason would be, I think most would have put retaining Greg Hardy at the top of the list. The good news, if there’s any, is that Hardy was franchised and then signed his one year tender. He won’t be going anywhere. While both sides are […]
0 comments by Shane Clemons
For about a month, the best landing spot for Michael Vick in his post-Eagles playing days has appeared to be with the New York Jets. The Jets have reportedly been eyeing the aging quarterback for some time, and according to Eliot Shorr-Parks, the two sides will be coming together this weekend. The move almost makes […]
0 comments by Brad Gagnon
Free agency is officially one week old now, and we’re down to bargains. Here are the top 10 players still lingering on the open market. Keep in mind that lots of teams still have plenty of money to spend, and they’ll have to in order to stay on track with the cap floor. 1. Chris […]
0 comments by Brad Gagnon
For a while there, it looked as though the implementation of a centralized replay review system for the NFL was a foregone conclusion. Why else would the league send representatives to the NHL’s “situation room” in Toronto to see how that league reviews all of its questionable calls in real-time? NFL commissioner Roger Goodell appeared […]
0 comments by Shane Clemons on 3/18/2014
Late Sunday night, Colts owner Jim Irsay was pulled over and arrested by police in Carmel, a suburb of Indianapolis. The eccentric owner was later charged with four felony counts of possessing a controlled substance. That much has been known since Monday. What still remains in the air is just how Irsay’s arrest could affect […]
0 comments by Brad Gagnon
The NFL is all about this parity thing, but the more I break down what happened during the first week of free agency and look at the landscape in the AFC, the more it’s apparent that Tom Brady and Peyton Manning will once again be battling each other and nobody else in 2014. Somehow, no […]
